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Soyinka was declared missing a week ago and the matter was reported at the Obantoko Police Station in Abeokuta.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Ogun Command, SP Omolola Odutola, confirmed the discovery of the dead body to newsmen on Wednesday in Abeokuta.

Dr. Panshak Tenmang, a senior Registrar at the Jos University Teaching Hospital, has advised mothers to avoid the use of breast milk to treat eye infections in children.

He said the number of cases of short sightedness among young people had soared due to high use of smart phones and tablets

In a jointly signed communiqué by the OSN Communiqué Drafting Committee Chairman, Dr. Jeff Adewole, and Secretary, Dr. Ernest Ogbedo, the body promised to align a working strategy with both national and international bodies in order to prevent avoidable blindness and to meet the challenges of achieving improved eye health status in the country

Dr. Priscilla Yahere, an ophthalmologist at Spectrum Hospital, Lagos, said that the prevalence of myopia in children and young adults was on the increase